Amygdala response to negative stimuli predicts ptsd symptom onset following a terrorist attack

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 834-842

  McLaughlin, Katie A ^a   Busso, Daniel S ^b   Duys, Andrea ^a   Green, Jennifer Greif ^c   Alves, Sonia ^b   Way, Marcus ^d   Sheridan, Margaret A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 84919587871     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22284     Document Type: Review

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